LA in the News

Washington’s Landmarks Get a Landscape Architectural GuideThe Washington Post09/20/12“Glenn LaRue Smith may be one of the few District residents who loves to use Metro’s problem-plagued escalators, specifically the north exit escalator at the U Street Metro Station. As you move upward, you see the African American Civil War Memorial reveal itself in all its drama. “I never realized it was such a powerful structure until I came out of the Metro station,” said Smith, a landscape architect with Smith-Murray Studios in Northwest Washington.

Revitalizing Detroit — One Lake at a Time?CBS Detroit09/19/12“Driving through an area northeast of Eastern Market there is an empty house, its windows all broken out. Next door there is a home that may be occupied, but the rest of the street was just a field of grass. It’s one of the areas that landscape architect Chris Reed thinks could play home to a lake, complete with plants that clean the water.”

2-year Degrees Pay More in Short TermFloridatoday.com09/18/12“He has one semester of classes left, after which he plans to transfer to Tennessee State University to pursue a degree in landscape architecture.”

Bike Path Could Be Part of Comprehensive City PlanThe Charleston Gazette09/18/12“LSL Planning and MKSK have been hired by the city to lead officials and community members through the process of developing both a comprehensive plan for the city and a downtown redevelopment plan. MKSK is an urban design, landscape architecture and entertainment design firm.”

Georgetown Featured in Landscape Architect’s Guide to D.C.Georgetown Patch09/15/12“Eight Georgetown sites are featured prominently in the recently released Landscape Architect’s Guide to Washington, D.C. The new guide profiles 75 historic, modern and contemporary landscapes in D.C. and Arlington, Va.”

Friday Freebies: Haircuts and breakfastWTOP.com9/14/12“Looking for a fresh take on D.C.'s many beautiful landscapes? Check out the Landscape Architect's Guide to Washington, D.C., a first of its kind for the area. The online, mobile-friendly guide features loads of history and photos and is divided into 16 tours located in all four quadrants of the District.”

ASLA Launches Guide to D.C. Landscape Architecture Landscape ManagementSept. 14, 2012“If you're a fan of landscape architecture, you'll be pleased to hear the American Society of Landscape Architects has created the Landscape Architect's Guide to Washington, D.C.”

Green Roof an Age-old ConceptNorth Shore News09/14/12“In the 1960s designers in Germany began to incorporate green roofs into their buildings purely as an aesthetic feature to enhance the beauty of their buildings. In 1970 German landscape architect Hans Luz recognized that these green roofs were far more than a simple decorative coverings and argued that the introduction of living roofs could profoundly improve the quality of the urban environment.”

Reviving New York Harbor With Oysters: Why Hasn't This Happened Yet?The Atlantic Cities09/11/12“When landscape architect and Columbia University professor Kate Orff and her colleagues from SCAPE Studio proposed a plan to help remediate the health of New York Harbor using what they called "Oyster-tecture," they got a lot of people’s attention (including mine).”

The Environment and Human Well-BeingWILL-AM-FM-TV-Online09/11/12“Host Craig Cohen talks to William Sullivan, U of I professor of Landscape Architecture, and Frances Kuo, U of I associate professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.”

Landscape Artists Visit HotelGlobe Gazette (AP)09/10/12“A group of 35 landscape architecture students from Iowa State University visited the hotel to photograph, draw and write about a favorite part of the building, a hotel spokeswoman said.”

Personnel FileThe Town Talk (AP)09/09/12“Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects of Alexandria and Baton Rouge is included in the August 2012 issues of Houston House and Home magazine. The firm's design of a Colorado County Farmhouse, a 140 acre ranch and residence just west of Houston, is featured.”

City Hall Veggie Patch Wins National AwardTheSpec.com09/06/12“The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects has touted Hamilton’s first municipal veggie patch as No. 1 in the country for excellence in landscape architecture, giving it a National Citation Award.”